Instructional Video
Other

The Center on Congress: Founders and Colonies

6th - 8th
Video looking at how the Constitution came to be written by the Founders. [1:14]
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: The Debate Over Slavery

9th - 10th
Examines the debate over whether the Constitution was a pro-slavery or an anti-slavery document.
Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Philosophical and Historical Traditions

9th - 10th
Today we begin our discussion of the important philosophical ideas and historical events that influenced the writing of the Constitution.
Instructional Video
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Wasn't the Bill of Rights Originally in the Us Constitution?

9th - 10th
Lesson in which students learn about the origins of the Constitution and Bill of Rights through informative and animated video [4:32] written by educator James Coll.